Rules

Czarina Solitaire is played with one deck of 52 cards.

First, five cards are dealt in form of a cross: three cards are placed in a row, then two cards are each placed above and below the middle of the three cards. A sixth card is dealt in the upper left corner of the cross. This card will be the base for the first of four foundations. During the game the three other cards of this rank will eventually be placed in the other three corners of the cross as foundations.

The foundations are built up according to suit, and building is wrap-around, i.e. aces are placed above kings, except when aces are the foundation bases.

Cards in the cross are built down regardless of suit and any space in the cross is immediately filled only from the stock. When the stock is empty, the top card of a wastepile is used. When it is also empty, any top card from the cross can be used. Like the foundations, building in the cross is wrap-around, i.e. kings are placed over aces, unless aces are the foundations. Only one card can be moved at a time.

Whenever the game goes on a standstill, the stock is dealt one card at a time into the wastepile, the top card of which is available for play on the cross or on the foundations. There is no redeal.

The game ends if a standstill occurs after the stock has run out. The game is won when all cards end up in the foundations.

Menu

You can control the game through the menu with the following commands:

• New Game - reshuffle the decks and start a new play.
• Hint - provide an on-screen hint for all valid moves. The cards that can be moved are outlined in green, the locations where they can be moved to - in yellow. If a card can be moved and another card can be moved on it, it will be outlined in orange.
• Explain - show and explain all possible moves.
• Undo - undo, one at a time, your moves.
• Settings - configure different options the way you like it.
• Scoreboard - we record the number of times you have this solitaire converged. You can get to the Game Center Leaderboard to compare your score to other players.
• How To Play - see the documentation.
• About - brief information about this app, including the links to our website and our Facebook page.

Gestures

You can control the game with the following gestures:

• Tap a card on the table to send it to the appropriate place in the foundation or another row in the tableau if there is a valid move.
• Drag a card to where you want to move it to.
• Swipe left - undo your previous move.
• Swipe right - show Hint.
• Swipe down or Long Press - show and explain all possible moves.
• Swipe up - bring up the Settings view.